182 INDEX. 
PAGE 
Hoffman, A. W. von, death of 155 
Hollick, Arthur, elected resi- 
dent member... ..02--.-=1 20 
Horse, evolution of the .......... 107 
Hudson River valley, clays of... 33 
Hudsonian Godwit, bill of....... 30 
Hungary, opal mines of........... 32 
Hunt, Dr. T. Sterry, death of... 72 
Instruments, ancient astronomi- 
Calli ececsectesceecsctissscssecsasy aLOG 
Jay, Dr. John C., death of...... 32 
resolutions on death of 40 
Kemp, Prof. James F., elected 
resident member . 25 
Knight, George H., elected r resi- 
dent member . encore Ae 
Lake Champlain valley, pap 
dikes in.. 13 
Land and people ‘of Paraguay... 24 
Lederle, Ernest, elected resi- 
dent member . 25 
Lochs and crannogs of Scotland 48 
Lunar surface, changes on.. 42 
Mann, Charles Riborg, elected 
resident member........... 40 
Measures of stars about 8 Cygni 120 
Meeting of National Academy 
of Sciences.. a 41 
Memoirs of Columbian Chemi- 
cal Society .. 57 
Memorial of Dr. John ie North- 
rop.. 9 
Metallic tin, ‘crystals of. soos) Ue 
Mineralogical Journal, Bruce’ s 
American.. 57 
names, origin and history of 49 
Minerals, gems, and ethnology 
of the Ural mountains ... 119 
Mitchell’s Geology of North 
Carolina.. aeAD 
Mme. Goguet, will of. Becta Me 
Modern medicine, contributions 
of organic chemistry to... 107 
Morgan, J. Pierpont, elected 
resident member.. Hee 2D 
Mountains, their one and his- 
PONY Wades = sastestieseieese peAO 
Muscide, calyptrate .. Sic tol 
Nash, Stephen P., elected resi- 
dent member. setewegtee aed 0 
National pe a of ' Sciences, 
meeting of.. sid tablges 41 
PAGE 
Natural dyes as applied to wool 
48, 157 
Northrop, John I., death of...... 1 
Memorial (Ofes.-sasssecensee 
Notes on the gold cure............. 151 
Notes, petrographical ............. 126 
Notices, coleopterological, No. 
TEL 2 ee pes : 
No. TY won eee 
Observations on comet of 1892... 120 
Observatory of Columbian Col- 
lege, transit factors for... 41 
Oil-testing, commercial........... 126 
Opal mines of Hungary .. Soomors 
Origin and history of minera- 
logical names.......... 49 
of mountains............. 45 
of garnets.. 32 
Osborn, Prof. Henry F., “elected 
resident member........... 40 
Pacific coast of America, fishes 
Of ‘thes. -s.2.-0s: . 125 
Paleontology of ‘cretaceous for- 
mation on Staten Island 96 
Paraguay, the land and the 
BeOpl i Heese ae 24 
Paraguayan plants... Rees Wis 
Petrographical NOLES ..ccsess—eae 196 
Phalangide of the United ‘States 125 
Philadelphia, geologists in. 45 
HORE Ba measures, Ruther- 
PUTGs scsrics .sceewetece gees cece 
Plover, eggs ie Rad. et! 
Progress of standard time . 45 
Railway problem in China... 44, 156 
Reduction of transit obserya- 
tions by least squares..... 25 
Report of Recording Secretary 93 
Researches on the solar ae 
trum.. a 2126 
Resolutions on Heaths OP ‘Dr. 
John C. Jay.. 40 
Ries, Heinrich, elected. resident 
member .. mee es) 
Rocking stone at “West Farms... 13 
Rutherfurd, L. M., death of..... 155 
photographic measures... 41 
Sapphire, yellow.. 58 
Schermerhorn, Wm. (om “elected 
resident member . was0/ BO 
Scirpus and Rhyncospora, spe- 
cies of.. <<) all 
Scotland, lochs and. crannogs of 48 
Section of Biology, formation of 128 
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